Britain's leading anti-sugar campaigner and one of the most prolific doctors in the world influencing obesity thinking and highlighting the harms of too much medicine. In addition to being a Consultant Cardiologist, Dr Malhotra is a member of the board of trustees of UK health think tank, The King’s Fund and a member of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges Choosing Wisely Steering Group Here’s the link to his website: http://doctoraseem.com/biography/ Topics covered include: No association of saturated fats and heart disease in primary or secondary prevention studies. Focus on sugar - •CVD mortality has come via reduction in smoking & trans fats with better acute AMI management. •Statins have a number needed to treat of 1 in 83 for mortality in secondary prevention in men •Stents save lives during heart attacks but not for 'stable' coronary disease •PREDIMED and Lyon heart study •Cholesterol is not the mechanism of action of how diet studies work •Practical explanation-of frying vegetable oils and dangerous omega 6 (high omega 6 to omega 3 is bad) •Butter and coconut oils have saturated fatty acids and are stable in cooking. •Criticism from the Centre for evidence based medicine (Oxford). Here is the editorial (Free) in BJSM: http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2017/03/31/bjsports-2016-097285

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